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Nethermoor could give Guiseley edge in County Cup
Guiseley host Harrogate Town tomorrow night in another West Riding County Cup quarter-final. And while the Nethermoor men concede ranking - their visitors are from a division higher being Blue Square North representatives - home advantage should even
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Avenue hit form to reach County Cup semi-finals
Bradford Park Avenue 4, Eccleshill United 1 Avenue completed their expected victory in tonight's West Riding County Cup derby against Eccleshill United at Horsfall Stadium. Two goals in each half for the home side, with a single reply from the Eagles
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Sutcliffe defends party election bid
A Bradford MP who acted as campaign manager for Alan Johnson's Labour deputy leadership bid has defended the Health Secretary as another cabinet minister was caught up in the donations row. Alan Johnson found himself under pressure this weekend after
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Man is fighting for his life after crash
A man was last night fighting for his life and two others were left seriously injured following a crash between a car and a lorry in Saltaire. The incident happened when a silver Vauxhall Astra and an articulated Volvo goods van collided near Shipley
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‘Jealous wife stabbed husband’
A jealous wife stabbed her husband in the chest, then threw his mother's ashes around their bedroom, a court heard yesterday. Robin Melngalvis told Leeds Crown Court his 41-year-old wife, Catherine, rubbed two kitchen knives down his face before stabbing
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Hape hits the ground running
Shontayne Hape today announced he is feeling in good nick ahead of Super League XIII. The Bulls ace got his sole run-out before the big kick-off by starring in Sunday's 84-4 rout of Keighley. Returning from a broken wrist, Hape showed no signs of sluggishness
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Crash driver admits destroying evidence
A driver who accidentally killed a man by dragging him 80 metres under his car has pleaded guilty to destroying evidence after the tragedy. Mohammed Bashir, 37, admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice at Bradford Crown Court yesterday.
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City up for award
City are in the running for a Football League award for the success of their season-ticket scheme. The club have been shortlisted in the Perform Best Fan Marketing Campaign category. The winners will be announced at the third annual Football League awards
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It'll B all right on the night
Undercliffe B opened a two-point lead at the top of the Division One table as they beat Bradford 154 4-2 and Undercliffe A 3-2 in the Bradford Chess League. Undercliffe A did their stablemates a favour by winning 3-2 against Polish, who now occupy third
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Girlfriend tells of horror collision
A driver who killed three teenage passengers had rammed another vehicle shortly before crashing into an on-coming lorry, a jury was told. Adam Anguige, 25, is alleged to have been racing James Houston when the latter's Ford Fiesta collided with the lorry
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Rochdale game rescheduled
City's recent postponed game at Rochdale has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 1 (7.45pm). Their reserve game planned for that day at home to Leicester has been put back 24 hours.
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Wise leaves Leeds for Newcastle
Dennis Wise is leaving Leeds United to join Newcastle United's coaching staff after the two clubs agreed a compensation fee. The 41-year-old will depart Elland Road tomorrow after preparing the side for their Coca-Cola League One clash at Southend but
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Topp playing a waiting game
Willy Topp will start his first City game tomorrow night - but only if Peter Thorne is sidelined. Thorne faces a late check after a stiff neck kept him out of Saturday's 1-1 draw at Wrexham. Should he not make it, Topp will be thrust into the spotlight
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Defensive errors cost Cobbydalers
The last of the Bradford Sunday Alliance teams were knocked out of the Carlsberg FA Sunday Cup fourth round when Silsden lost 2-1 at Paddock. The Cobbydalers dominated the first half and led at the break through a goal from Jamie Longley. Silsden, who
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War protest pensioner to pay up
A Bradford pensioner who refused to pay council tax because he claimed Bradford Council was involved in the war on terror has agreed to pay the money back in instalments. During a committal hearing at Bradford Magistrates Court yesterday it emerged that
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Hornets keeper joins City
City have signed Watford goalkeeper Scott Loach on loan until the end of the season. The 19-year-old, who has just finished a short spell at Morecambe, will make his debut against Shrewsbury tomorrow if Donovan Ricketts completes his move to QPR. Loach
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Clinical Campion seal semi-final spot
Campion's superior finishing saw them into the last four of the West Riding County Amateur Leagu Premier Division Cup with a 2-0 win at home to Halifax Irish. Both sides were evenly matched but the Mannin-gham Mills side took their chances with goals
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Cooke eager to face former club
Andy Cooke is hoping to make it onto the bench for his Valley Parade return tonight. The former Bantam today had more treatment on a calf problem he suffered a week ago in a reserve game. It is the latest blow for Cooke, who fired his home-town club
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Derelict building ablaze again
A derelict building regularly attended by firefighters was up in flames again today. Black smoke billowed from the former industrial premises in Rouse Fold, off Prospect Street, covering Wakefield Road at lunch time. Bradford firefighters tackled the
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Ricketts lines up QPR switch
City stopper Donovan Ricketts was in London this afternoon for talks with QPR. The Championship club made their move after watching the Jamaican international in action at Wrexham on Saturday. Ricketts is out of contract at the end of the season and
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Brother and sister have golden touch
City of Bradford siblings Lauren and Lewis Sharp won four gold and three silver medals between them in the B-Grade meet hosted by City of Leeds at the new John Charles Centre for Sport. Lauren took gold in the 200 metres backstroke and freestyle events
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Dohar inspires Dragons to slay Giants
Bradford Dragons remain on course for the EBL Division Three play-offs in March after a battling 71-65 win at Mansfield Giants lifted them to third in the table. The Dragons shook off the disappointment of the previous week's overtime National Shield
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Crossflatts continue title march
Crossflatts continued their unbeaten record in the Premier Division of the Wharfedale Triangle League in emphatic style with a 6-0 win at home to Yeadon Westfield. With seven wins out of eight, the leaders remain four points clear of Shipley Town, who
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By George! Healey steal a march on rivals
Goals from Ricky Tomlinson, Dave Barlow and Andy Smith gave George Healey a 3-1 win at Queensbury in the Spen Valley League. It was the only game to go ahead following Kirklees Council's decision to call all matches off on their pitches earlier in the
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Gawp almighty!
My colleagues and I touch on a variety of subjects to get us through the working day, (when we’re not discussing urgent T&A business of course), and the other day we found ourselves discussing our collective love of gawping. We’ve all done it - walked
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Five-star Metcalfe is hero for Arms
The delayed T&A League Cup quarter-final tie between Bradford All Stars and Bradford Arms proved to be a cracker as visitors Arms won 5-4 in a nine-goal thriller. Scott Metcalfe was the hero for the victors, scoring all five goals. He completed his hat-trick
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Van driver cut free as crash causes chaos
A man was trapped in his van for more than an hour in a three vehicle pile up which caused rush hour chaos this morning. The crash, which involved a white VW van, a Ford transit van and a VW Polo, happened on the A629 near Kildwick at around 7.15am
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City youngsters stung by late goal
City youth went down 2-1 to Grimsby in atrocious gale-force conditions. City should have taken an early lead when Liam Bartle's cross went unfinished but it was Grimsby who struck first after 21 minutes when the home offside trap fell down. Brinsley
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Scribbler in the undieworld
Today...the pub regulars discuss their underpants preferences in a column perhaps best avoided by sensitive souls who are easily offended. The rest, now read on. "Right lads - what sort of underpants do you wear?" inquired Thelma Gusset (pronounced "
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I’ve been there, Britney...
Over the past few months Lorna Luft has watched a drama unfold just yards from the grounds of her Los Angeles home. It's a drama that most of us have only glimpsed through the pages of tabloid newspapers and magazines. It is the drama of Britney Spears
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Sense clouded by a totalitarian haze
As "time" is called permanently at a growing number of Britain's pubs, hit by the triple whammy of the recession, dearer beer and the smoking ban, I find myself agreeing with Councillor David Ward who on the T&A Letters page the other day questioned the
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Insight into a world when times really were hard
The little lad with the sailor collar in this photograph taken at Albert Road School in Saltaire in 1908, was Charles Davies Franks. It was sent to me by his son, who lives at Spalding in Lincolnshire and signs himself simply "F. N. Franks". Mr Franks
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Pageant showed Catholics had come a long way
A lot has been written about the local events surrounding Coronation Day on June 2, 1953. Most people remember what they were doing: attending ox roasts, enjoying street parties, sitting in front of massive televisions with small screens For one section
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The curse of Polly Pocket...
Seeing others doing something useful can be very motivating. Take the Government's hospital deep clean programme. The photographs in the T&A, of a cleaner, cloth in hand, delving deep into the nooks and crannies of Airedale General Hospital, spurred
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When unit closed down
SIR - In reply to Mrs Rushworth, (T&A, January 24) St Luke's maternity unit, above, did not close down until December, 1994. I had my two eldest sons there and they were born in October, 1993, and September, 1994, respectively and I have pictures of
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Rich cultural past
SIR - In reply to Derek Konig (T&A, January 24) and his appreciation of my attempts to promote a recognition of English culture and identity. I fully accept that the Romano-British settlement of these islands predates the arrival of the first Anglo-Saxon
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Car park shame
SIR - On TV one of Bradford's historic sites was shown. Which one? The car park behind the Law Courts in all its waterlogged glory. Surely this prestigious site should be reserved for our councillors and council officers. What's the betting if it was
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Compromise is needed
SIR - In reply to Alan Chapman's letter regarding Councillor David Ward's support for the reintroduction of segregated smoking areas (T&A, January 21). I don't think he understands the councillor's point. He doesn't want to impose on non-smokers rights
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Compromise is needed
SIR - In reply to Alan Chapman's letter regarding Councillor David Ward's support for the reintroduction of segregated smoking areas (T&A, January 21). I don't think he understands the councillor's point. He doesn't want to impose on non-smokers rights
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might imagine and friendly beyond belief.
SIR - I would like to say a big thank you to my caring family, the many cousins and friends of more than 50 and 60 years who came to my 90th birthday party. The thank you is to everyone who sent the beautiful cards in the hope they read the T&A as I
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Tougher going
SIR - It's been announced that council tax will rise by four per cent but services could be cut. Does this make sense to anyone at ground level? Pensioners, the jobless, workers on low wages, will have more to pay out with less in the pocket. So how
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Get on your bike
SIR - I read with interest your article Let's push for a share of cycling cash' and the comment (T&A, January 23). I speak as an ex-obese, very unfit couch potato who started cycling in Bradford a few years ago. Cycling helped me lose weight, improve
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A waste of time
SIR - What a good idea! Somebody has come up with an excellent proposal - base the police pay rises on performance. From what I have read in your paper over the last few years, most of the people who write letters about the police think as I do that
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School ‘segregation’ is not helpful
SIR - At the last Council meeting a question was asked about the good sense of closing Yorkshire Martyrs at the same time as the number of Catholic new arrivals' was increasing. The view of the Roman Catholic diocese seems to be that as less than half
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What about us?
SIR - It is reported that the Prime Minister has promised many millions of pounds to China and India. I suggest that many of this country's citizens, public sector workers and pensioners for example, will be far from pleased with him. T Hill, The Plantations
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It doesn’t figure
SIR - I was amused to read in Court File (T&A, January 19) that a man had been given 41 hours unpaid work for breach of a community order. Why such an odd amount, couldn't it have been rounded up, if only for practical purposes? Nothing like a little
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Valuable details
SIR - I feel Mike Priestley is, uncharacteristically, paranoid in his North of Watford (T&A, January 19), saying the request for details of one's ethnicity was racist. Many times such a request may be, but I think not in this case. It should be of great
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Wake-up call
SIR - I must confess I am not a fan of US TV, but I was heartened when I tuned in to the coverage of the campaign for the Republican nomination and witnessed candidate Ron Paul breaking the Republican Party fundraising record with more than $6 million
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Schools system is so unbalanced
SIR - It seems bizarre in the extreme that independent schools should be classified as charities, setting them alongside such good causes as the RNLI, Oxfam and others (T&A, January 23). These schools are merely retail education businesses', trading
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Get them off our roads...
Four areas of Bradford are revealed today as the worst in West Yorkshire for uninsured drivers. Such motorists are a danger to others and a financial drain on the law-abiding who must pay higher premiums as a result of their actions. But while this state
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Heads need a little help
The work headteachers do in managing their staff to shape the character and abilities of future generations is vital and yet easily overlooked. The best candidates are needed to bring out the best in our youngsters. So news of a national shortage of primary
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Bradford’s killers who were free to murder again
Capital Punishment in England officially ended on November 8, 1965, with the passing of the Murder Act. Hanging had been in existence in this country for 15 centuries or more. But by the mid-Sixties avant-garde opinion held that it was a barbaric practice
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Whatever happened to the ‘wow’ factor?
Has anyone noticed how difficult it is to get a wow!' these days? This thought came to me when I heard my daughters discussing some new hi-tech equipment that has become all the rage. Even though it was able to both identify your current location and
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A glimpse of birdlife through a lens
"This walk is ideal because it takes in a range of habitats - woodland with a good variety of trees, hedges, a river and a canal." Shaun Radcliffe, of Bradford Ornithological Group, explained why he had chosen a particular route for a morning's birdwatching
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Monday, January 28, 2008
The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham: Two-storey extension to side, 31 School Lane. Baildon: Construction of three-bedroom bungalow with integral garage, 4 Rylstone Road. Baildon: Construction of two-
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Monday, January 28, 2008
The following have been dealt with by Bradford Magistrates: Shazad Salim, aged 30, of Duchy Drive, Heaton; failure to produce driving licence, £40 fine, £15 compensation, £40 costs; failure to produce insurance certificate and MOT certificate, £40 fine
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Monday, January 28, 2008
In 1521, the Diet of Worms began. The Protestant reformer Luther was outlawed by the Catholic Church. In 1896, the first speeding fine was given to a British motorist. Walter Arnold, of Kent, had been driving at 8mph in a 2mph built-up area. In 1999
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Stars line up for festival
Globe-trotting Python Michael Palin and actor/director Kenneth Branagh are to headline this year's Bradford Film Festival. Other special guests include film critic Barry Norman and director Julien Temple, best known for his work with the Sex Pistols
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Six out of ten drivers 'not insured'
Bradford's "suburbs of shame" are the worst in West Yorkshire for people driving without insurance, according to alarming new figures. A postcode breakdown of uninsured vehicles reveals that Bradford contains the four worst areas in the county. The
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Parents fight nursery closure
Parents whose children attend Bradford Council's only workplace nursery are fighting to save the service after learning it will close later this year. They were told last month that Cavell House in Manning-ham, which caters for up to 78 children under
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Bhutto aide leads protest
A Bradford man who acted as political co-ordinator to murdered Benazir Bhutto was leading a protest in London today. Arashad Barki, who witnessed the former Pakistan Prime Minister's assassination last month, is calling for an independent United Nations
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Millionaire couple killed in 'copter crash
A millionaire Brighouse couple have been killed in a helicopter crash at a luxury hotel and golf complex near Harrogate. Wholesale goods entrepreneurs, Paul Spencer, 43, and his wife Linda, 59, died when a private Gazelle helicopter they were flying